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2004.001.0375Description
East 5th St. Highway Garage. A woman is pumping gas into her car.
The owner is Thomas Mahomed according to the sign (The sign paints over an older sign which may indicate a change in ownership). Thomas Mahomed was born in Poland about 1880 and naturalized in 1902. In the 1930 census he has a wife Mary(44) and kids: Annie(19), Helen(16), Jennie(12), and John(9). He lives at 1216 East 5th st. Benicia and is a merchant of a "junkyard and grocery store(?)". In 1920 census he was in Suisun and was a laborer at a junk store.
He may have had relatives in Crockett, Contra Costa as there is another Mahomed family living there.Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection